Global CIO: IBM Leads IT Industry With Surge In Analytics & Hardware

In his prime, Muhammad Ali purred that he could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, able to mesmerize opponents with grace and elegance or stun them with unprecedented speed and power.

And here in 2010, IBM has shown a similarly lethal blend as its Smarter Planet megatheme has paved the way for its flashy services and analytics prowess even as it has been simultaneously developing what might well be the industry’s most-sophisticated hardware lineup, stretching from custom chips to servers and on up to some of the world’s most powerful mainframes.

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